A signature piece by famous Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro titled "Young Woman Blowing a Glass Pipe (poppin)" was ...

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Other notable works include Kitagawa Utamaro’s “Kaya no Tanoshimi” (Pleasure on a summer night) and “Kaika no Higi" (Sexual conduct downstairs). The large hand-drawn paintings were later ...

Some may think of it as a place of flamboyant romantic culture, a setting for ukiyo-e prints by artists like Torii Kiyonaga and Kitagawa Utamaro, or a location that influenced the development of ...

9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building ...

14.25 x 9.62 in. (36.2 x 24.4 cm.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

The top 3 female celebrities in Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashima Ohisa and Naniwaya Kita. See how Utamaro, the master of female beauty has illustrated them so differently.

The rediscovered "Young Woman Blowing a Glass Pipe (poppin)" portrait created by Kitagawa Utamaro is seen at the Tokyo National Museum in the capital's Taito Ward on May 12, 2025. (Mainichi/Sakiko ...